A group of researchers studied whether claims influence fans and judges in evaluating performance during surf contests. The paper entitled “Claims in Surfing: The Influence of Emotional Postperformance Expressions on Performance Evaluations” was in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology in December 2019. The analysis led by Philip Furley, a lecturer at German Sport […]
Chaminade University of Honolulu’s Summer Institutes 2020 will shine a spotlight on the emerging academic field of Surf Studies with two special events. The four-week Surf Studies in Hawaii Institute will provide the opportunity to participate in the building of a community of experience dedicated to the study of surfing and surf culture. The Institute […]
Awarding winning producers, arrangers, and musicians Gordon Minette and Chris Palmaro are founders of the music group The SurfinTynes. Surrounded by concrete and steel, one day, Minette and Palmaro – both from New York City – starred out the window of Gordon’s recording studio on 14th Street, tired and burnt out from the pressure and […]
Technology is changing the way we surf. Meet Boost Surfing, the attachable electric surfboard fin created to help surfers paddle faster and longer. The idea became a reality thanks to Alex Ostanin, a mechanical engineer from Huntington Beach, California, and Dmitri Kozhevnikov, an entrepreneur from San Francisco. The duo wanted to develop something that would […]
Qiu Zhuo became the first Chinese athlete to advance in a major World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS) event. Zhuo secured a second-place finish in his Round 1 heat of the 2020 Corona Open China, held in Riyue Bay, Wanning. The Chinese needed a 4.27 to get past Jackson Butler. In the final minutes, […]
Mackenzie Pridham is a Canadian traveling surfer like many others. But, unlike the majority of his fellow board riders, Mac is also a former professional soccer player. Beyond the pitch, his passion for chasing perfect waves led him to some of the gems Indonesia has to offer. Mac is a 29-year-old good-looking gentleman from Toronto. […]
SurferToday has officially named the “Athletes of the Year 2019.” The decade 2010-2019 is over. It’s been a long, yet highly successful and relevant period for water sports. In the last few years, surfing was finally granted Olympic status and will make its grand debut in Tokyo 2020. The longtime dream of Duke Kahanamoku will […]
The manufacturing facility of Darren Handley Designs (DHD), located in Burleigh Heads, Australia, has been completely destroyed by a fire. The blaze started inside the factory at 9:30 am on Boxing Day fueled by chemicals used to produce the high-end surfboards. When the 45 firefighters arrived, flames had already consumed the structure and quickly spread […]
The Chinese are doing whatever it takes to make waves in Olympic surfing. According to Dris Mi, one of the head coaches of China’s Olympic surfing team, talent has nothing to do with what will make them successful. “Their mental skills are their biggest advantage,” Mi told SurferToday.com.
Japan will open a wave pool powered by American Wave Machines (AWM) before the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The project is a joint venture between the wave pool company and Surf Stadium Japan (SSJ). The new Japanese surf lagoon is currently being built in Shizunami, near Makinohara, in the Shizuoka Prefecture, and […]